Dr Neelam Mohan
Director – Paediatric Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Institute of Digestive and Hepatobiliary Sciences
Gurugram , South Delhi
Dr. Neelam Mohan is a leading pediatric gastroenterologist and hepatologist in India, with vast experience of 25 years in her field. Dr. Neelam Mohan is a pioneer in pediatric liver transplantation in India and is credited with several firsts in the field in India. She is also credited with few global firsts in pediatric liver transplantation. She was the first in India to start therapeutic endoscopy in newborn and young children. She has > 250 publications (>100 are international) and authored > 50 chapters in books. She has presented at more than 900 forums, of which more than 200 were international. Spoken by invitation at global / international conferences in most countries – USA, Europe, UK, Canada, Japan, Dubai, Saudi and other Asia pacific countries. She is author of several global and national guidelines on Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. Dr. Neelam is advisor to National Health Authority of India (Aayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri –Jan Aarogya Yojna). She is the co-chair of STW (Standard Treatment Workflow) for Pediatrics, an endeavour of Government of India through ICMR. She is also an Advisor of National Board of Examinations. Apart from B.C. Roy Award, she has been awarded Swastha Bharat Samman by Zee Health, Vashisht Chikitsa Ratan Award by Hon. Lt. Governor of Delhi, DMA Centenary Award by Finance Minister and Dr. Sadhana International Empowerment of Women Award.
She is President of Indian society of Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (ISPGHAN) Society and Commonwealth Association of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (CAPGAN).
Medical Qualification:
FRCPCH – Fellow, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health –
FIMSA – Fellow, International Medical Sciences Academy –
FIAP – Fellowship of Indian Academy of Paediatrics 2012
FACG – Fellow American College of Gastroenterology 2009
Fellowship in Gastroenterology Hepatology & Nutrition – Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham UK 1998
Fellowship in Gastroenterology & Hepatology – All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India 1997
D.N.B. Paediatrics – National Board Examinations, New Delhi, India 1995
M.B.B.S. – Osmania Medical College, Osmania University Hyderabad, India 1989
Specialization and Expertise
Nutrition issues in children and adolescents
Pancreatitis, IBD, Therapeutic Endoscopy
Pediatric and adolescent Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Liver)
Liver Transplantation & General Pediatrics
Memberships & Certifications
Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP)
Indian National Association for Study of the Liver (INASL)
Indian Medical Association South Delhi Branch
Indian Society of Gastroenterology (ISG)
Indian Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition – ISPEN
Indian National Neonatology Forum
Asian Pan-Pacific Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (APSPGAN)
North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.
International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologist and Oncologist (IASGO)
Commonwealth Association of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (CAPGAN)
American College of Gastroenterology
European Association of the Study of the Liver (EASL)
International Pediatric Transplant Association
Haryana Medical Council – License Number :HMC 005500
Delhi Medical Council for Pediatrics, License No. DMC 26187
Fellow of Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health (FRCPCH) -2005.
Fellow of Indian Academy of Pediatrics in recognition of outstanding contribution to Pediatrics (FIAP) No. F/2012/M-40 – 2012.
Fellow of American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) -2009
Fellow of International Medical Sciences Academy (IMSA) – 2008
Awards & Accomplishments
Conferred with most prestigious award in medicine in India by the President of India “B.C. Roy National Award” to To recognize the best talents in encouraging the development of specialities in different branches in medicine’ on 1st July 2016. “Distinguished Teacher Awards” from Association of National Board Accredited Institutions (ANBAI) on August 2021., 2021
Received Award tilted “The Economic Times – Inspiring Leaders- 2021” for contributes to the greater good of society in her field. (2021)., 2021
Received IAP covid worrier award (one of 2 recipients from state of Haryana) – 2020., 2020
“Certificate of Excellence” awarded by Indian Medical Association East Delhi Branch on 23rd May 2019., 2019
“Women Empowerment Award 2018 ” by National WIMALS (Women Indian Medical Association (National empowering Women) 2018 (14th Oct. 2018)., 2018
She has been conferred with “Glory of India – 2018” (Gold Medallist) Award by Best Citizen Publishing House – The World’s most leading Biographical specialists on 16/11/2018., 2018
“National Healthcare Award” by IMA jury, given by Hon’able Health Minister J.P.Nadda for her contribution in the field of child healthcare on 29th May 2017., 2017
Rising Women of India Award-2017” , by Friendship form for her contribution in Pediatric Gastroenerology, hepatology & Liver transplantation on 17th Nov. 2017., 2017
“Global Award – Certificate of Excellence” , given by Ch. Randhir Singh , hon’ble former governor of Sikkim at a seminar on “Global Brotherhood and peace” for her outstanding and extra-ordinary achievements in her chosen fields of activity and services rendered to promote greater friendship and India – International co-operation 17/11/2017., 2017
“Sparking Indian Award – Certificate of excellence” given by Ch. Randhir Singh , hon’ble former governor of Sikkim at a seminar on “Global Brotherhood and peace” for her at a seminar on “Economic Growth and national Unity” on 17/11/2017., 2017
Double Helical State Award 2017 (Chandigarh)’ by Hon’able Chief Minister of Haryana Shri. M.L. Khattar for her contribution in Pediatric Hepatology and Liver Transplantation on 6th Nov. 2017., 2017
“International Healthcare Award -2016” by Time Cyber Media Pvt Ltd. For Best Pediatric Gastroenterology and hepatologist in India., 2016
“Double Helical State Award 2016 ” for her achievement and contribution in the field of child health, Nov 2016., 2016
“DMA Centenary Award” given by Hon’ble Health Minister Harsh Vardhan & Hon’ble Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for her contribution in the field of child health on 10th August 2014., 2014
DMA “Vashisht Chikitsa Ratan Award” on the occasion of Doctors Day held on 1st July 2012 by Hon.Lt. Governor of Delhi. Mr Tejinder Khanna and the Health Minister – Dr . A Walia., 2012
Swastha Bharat Samman 2012” for eminent personalities from the field of healthcare., 2012
D. Sadhana International Empowerment of Women Award (2010), 2010
Doctor of the Year Award (2010) and Most Popular Doctor -2011 by eMedinews., 2010
Delhi Medical Association – “Eminent doctor of the year –2009”, 2009
Distinguished Service Award for initiatives in liver transplantation (2007) by IMA Academy of Medical Specialties., 2007
Bestowed with several other awards such as Super Achievers of India Award (2011); Mahila Sree Award and Gold Medal (2011); Bharat Jyoti Award and Certificate of Excellence (2011), Bharat Vikas Excellence Award (2008) and Bharat Gaurav Award (2006)., 2006
Publications
Consensus of Medical Nutrition Therapy in Pediatric Clinical Practice (2 to 18 Years Old) of South Asian Perspective. Neelam Mohan, Anuradha Khadilkar, Vaman Khadilkar, Surender Kumar Yachha, Harendra DeSilva, Prashanth Bachina, Dhanasekhar Kesavelu, Parag S Dekate, Rajendra P Shetty, Kamaldeep, Arora, Prashant Patil, Anil Raj Ojha, Md Istiaque Hossain, Sangita Shakya, Pushpa Kumara KPC, Nawshad Uddin ASM, Syeda Afria Anwar, Banik SK, Shrish Bhatnagar, Lalit Verma, Saurabh Uppal, Heshan Jayaweera. Ann Med Health Sci Res. 2022;12:S1:6-21. : Consensus of Medical Nutrition Therapy in Pediatric Clinical Practice, 2022
Indian Academy of Pediatrics: Management Guideline on Probiotic Use in Childhood Diarrhea. Surender Kumar Yachha, Moinak Sen Sarma, Neelam Mohan, Nishant Wadhwa, Nagendra Kumar VR, Ramesh Srinivasan, Dheeraj Shah, Santosh Soans, Vijay Yewale, GV Basavaraja, Bakul Jayant Parekh. Indian Pediatrics ,Feb 2022 Mar (DOI 10;S097475591600411). : Indian Academy of Pediatrics: Management Guideline on Probiotic Use in Childhood Diarrhea, 2022
Specific Probiotics for the Treatment of Pediatric Acute Gastroenteritis in India: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (McFarland Lynne V, Srinivasan Ramesh, Setty Rajendra, Ganapathy Sridhar, Bavdekar Ashish, Mitra Monjori, Raju Bhaskar, Mohan Neelam). JPGN Reports: (2), 3: 2021 : Specific Probiotics for the Treatment of Pediatric Acute Gastroenteritis in India, 2021
Restructuring Living-Donor Liver Transplantation at a High-Volume Center During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Arvinder S.Soin,Narendra S.Choudhary, Sanjay K.Yadav, Sanjiv Saigal, Neeraj Saraf, Amit Rastogi, Prashant Bhangui, Thiagarajan Srinivasan, Neelam Mohan, Sujeet K.Saha, ∗AnkurGupta, Rohan J.Chaudhary, , Swapnil Dhampalwar, DeepakGovil, Nikunj Gupta, Vijay Vohra). Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology Volume 11, (4) 2021 : Restructuring Living-Donor Liver Transplantation at a High-Volume Center During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021
Acute severe necrotizing pancreatitis in a one year old child: a manifestation of MIS-C?”. Sailen Kumar Bana, Shivani Deswal, Neelam Mohan. , Indian pediatrics – Case report, volume 1(3) 2021 : Acute severe necrotizing pancreatitis in a one year old child, 2021
Diagnosis and Management of Gastro-esophageal Reflux Disease in Children: Recommendations of Pediatric Gastroenterology Chapter of Indian Academy of Pediatrics, Indian Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ISPGHAN). Neelam Mohan , John Matthai, Rishi Bolia, Jaya Agarwal, Rimjhim Shrivastava, Vibhor Vinayak Borkar, Indian pediatrics,2021. : Diagnosis and Management of Gastro-esophageal Reflux Disease in Children, 2021
Pediatric ABO-incompatible Living Related Donor Liver Transplantation: Experience from Indian subcontinent (Neelam Mohan , Veena Raghunathan 2, Maninder Singh Dhaliwal 3, Prashant Bhangui 4, Aseem Tiwari 5, Arvinder S Soin) . Indian Pediatrics VOLUME 58,2021 : Pediatric ABO-incompatible Living Related Donor Liver Transplantation, 2021
Successful use of blind bronchial aspiration and hyperinflation to treat post-operative right lung atelectasis in infants (Veena Raghunatha, Maninder Dhaliwal, Navajeevan Panthi Neelam Mohan, Munaf Sipe) . Pediatric Pulmonology, 2021 . : Successful use of blind bronchial aspiration and hyperinflation to treat post-operative right lung atelectasis in infants, 2021
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Risk of intussusception after monovalent rotavirus vaccine (Rotavac) in Indian infants: A self-controlled case series analysis Vaccine. The INCLEN Intussusception Surveillance Network Study Group: Volume 39, Issue 1, (3) 2021 : Risk of intussusception after monovalent rotavirus vaccine (Rotavac) in Indian infants, 2021
TJP2 deficiency presenting as high γ-glutamyl transferase (GGT) neonatal cholestasis and mimicking biliary atresia – A case report (Shah, Aashay Abhay, Deswal, Shivani, Mohan Neelam; Rastogi, Amit Nath ) : JPGN Reports: 2021 (2) – Issue2. : TJP2 deficiency presenting as high γ-glutamyl transferase (GGT) neonatal cholestasis and mimicking biliary atresia, 2021
Experience of establishing and coordinating a nationwide network for bidirectional intussusception surveillance in India: lessons for multisite research studies. The INCLEN Intussusception Surveillance Network Study Group. BMJ2021;11:e046827. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046827 : Experience of establishing and coordinating a nationwide network for bidirectional intussusception surveillance in India, 2021
Acute pancreatitis induced thrombotic microangiopathy with acute renal failure: a rare complication! (Bhardwaj, Anubhuti; Deswal, Shivani; Mohan Neelam) JPGN Reports. 2(1):e038, 2021. : Acute pancreatitis induced thrombotic microangiopathy with acute renal failure, 2021
Pediatric liver transplantation in severe hepatopulmonary syndrome and use of inhaled nitric oxide for post-transplant hypoxemia–a single center experience. Veena Raghunathan, Neelam Mohan, Maninder Dhaliwal, Prashant Bhangui, Vijay Vohra, Arvinder Singh Soin. 22 June 2020, Pediatric Transplantation. 2020;00:e13792 : Pediatric liver transplantation in severe hepatopulmonary syndrome and use of inhaled nitric oxide for post-transplant hypoxemia–a single center experience, 2020
14. “Rates and determinants of antibiotics and probiotics prescription to children in Asia-Pacific countries” (J. Zhang, D. Cameron, S.H. Quak, M. Kadim, N. Mohan, E. Ryoo, B. Sandhu Y. Yamashiro, A. Guarino and H. Hoekstra), Open journal June 2020. : “Rates and determinants of antibiotics and probiotics prescription to children in Asia-Pacific countries”, 2020
Pediatric liver transplantation in severe hepatopulmonary syndrome and use of inhaled nitric oxide for post-transplant hypoxemia–a single center experience. Veena Raghunathan, Neelam Mohan, Maninder Dhaliwal, Prashant Bhangui, Vijay Vohra, Arvinder Singh Soin. 22 June 2020, Pediatric Transplantation. 2020;00:e13792 : Pediatric liver transplantation in severe hepatopulmonary syndrome and use of inhaled nitric oxide for post-transplant hypoxemia–a single center experience, 2020
“Comparison of Recommendations for Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Children and Adolescents: A Position Paper of the Federation of International Societies of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition” [Indolfi, Giuseppe; Fischler, Björn, Gonzalez-Peralta, Regino P; Ciocca, Mirta; Porta, Gilda; Neelam, Mohan; El-Guindi, Mohamed; Kelly, Deirdre; Ni, Yen-Hsuan; Sibal, Anupan; Leung, Daniel H; Chang, Mei Hwei; Hepatitis Expert Team of the Federation of International Societies of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (FISPGHAN)], published on Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition: May 2020 – Volume 70 – Issue 5 : “Comparison of Recommendations for Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Children and Adolescents, 2020
Indian National Association for the Study of the Liver Consensus Statement on Acute Liver Failure (Part 1): Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Presentation and Prognosis. Anil C. Anand, Bhaskar Nandi Subrat, K.Acharya, Anil Arora, Sethu Babu, Yogesh Batra, Yogesh K.Chawla, Abhijit Chowdhury, Ashok Chaoudhuri, Eapen C.Eapen, Harshad Devarbhavi, Radha K.Dhiman, Siddhartha Datta, Gupta, Ajay Duseja, Dinesh Jothimani, Dharmesh Kapoor, Premashish Kar, Mohamad S.Khuroo, shish Kuma, Kaushal Madan, Bipada bhanjan Mallick, Rakhi Maiwall, Neelam Mohan, Aabha Nagral, Preetam Nath, Sarat C.Panigrahi, Ankush Pawar, Cyriac A.Philips, Dibyalochan Prahraj,Pankaj Puri, Amit Rastogi, Vivek A.Saraswat, SanjivSaigal, Shalimar, Akash Shukla, Shivaram P.Singh, ThomasVerghese, Manav Wadhawan. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. . Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. Volume 10, (4) 2020, : Indian National Association for the Study of the Liver Consensus Statement on Acute Liver Failure, 2020
18. Indian National Association for the Study of Liver Consensus Statement on Acute Liver Failure (Part-2): Management of Acute Liver Failure. Anil C. Anand, Bhaskar Nandi Subrat, K.Acharya, Anil Arora, Sethu Babu, Yogesh Batra, Yogesh K.Chawla, Abhijit Chowdhury, Ashok Chaoudhuri, Eapen C.Eapen, Harshad Devarbhavi, Radha K.Dhiman, Siddhartha Datta, Gupta, Ajay Duseja, Dinesh Jothimani, Dharmesh Kapoor, Premashish Kar, Mohamad S.Khuroo, shish Kuma, Kaushal Madan, Bipada bhanjan Mallick, Rakhi Maiwall, Neelam Mohan, Aabha Nagral, Preetam Nath, Sarat C.Panigrahi, Ankush Pawar, Cyriac A.Philips, Dibyalochan Prahraj,Pankaj Puri, Amit Rastogi, Vivek A.Saraswat, SanjivSaigal, Shalimar, Akash Shukla, Shivaram P.Singh, ThomasVerghese, Manav Wadhawan. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. Volume 10 (5)2020. : Indian National Association for the Study of Liver Consensus Statement on Acute Liver Failure (Part-2), 2020
Faecal- oral transmission: is it a potential risk for Indians? – (Neelam Mohan, Shivani Deswal), published in Indian Journal of Gastroenterology:2020. : Faecal- oral transmission: is it a potential risk for Indians?, 2020
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20. Therapeutic Enteral Formulas in Children. John Matthai, Neelam Mohan, M. S. Viswanathan, Naresh Shanmugam, Lalit Bharadia, Shirish Bhatnagar & K. P. Srikanth. Indian Pediatrics (57), 2020 : Therapeutic Enteral Formulas in Children, 2020
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